400 I-T officers to monitor black money flow in Gujarat

15 Mar 201905:07am IST

15 Mar 201905:07am IST

PTI, AHMEDABAD: The Income Tax department has deployed over 400 of its officers across Gujarat to keep a close watch on election expenditure and flow of black money during the Lok Sabha elections in the state, said officials here Wednesday.

Polling on all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held on April 23. As instructed by the Election Commission (EC) to curb the use of black money during the elections, the I-T department in Gujarat has set up a control room at their state headquarters here and it will function round the clock, said Director General (Investigation) Amit Jain. The department also released a toll free number

18002337444 - for general public to share any information about suspicious cash transactions and movements, Jain told reporters.

"We have formed our teams in all the 33 districts. The complaints monitoring cell of our control room would transfer the information about cash movements to these teams, depending on the area specified in the information. "In all, we have deployed 404 of our officers across Gujarat to monitor illegal use of cash during polls," said Jain.